Those who tuned in to this year’s Star Awards (or have been following 8days.sg on TikTok) would have noticed a hilariously boomer moment between veteran Mediacorp actor Zhu Houren, 69, and Kym Ng when the latter received her Best Actress award.
Kym bagged her first Best Actress trophy that night for her performance as a dead funeral director with unfulfilled wishes in Till The End.
When her name was called out by Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh, Kym’s Till The End co-star Houren, who was seated next to her, quickly got up to help her up.
While holding onto her arm, Houren instinctively lifted the strap of Kym’s Belle & Tulle off-shoulder dress to keep it on her shoulder.
Obviously, he wasn’t aware that the strap was meant to droop across her upper arm.
Houren even used his hand to keep the strap in place on Kym’s shoulder as it continued slipping down. (At the same time, there was Quan Yifeng who helped to adjust Kym’s skirt, not realising that she almost exposed Kym’s, um everything, on live TV when she tugged at the slit of the gown.)
Clips of Houren’s faux pas quickly went viral, with some netizens describing the actor as a “thoughtful grandpa” and “gentleman”.
And it seems Houren has finally realised his boo-boo too.
He reposted an article from Chinese media 8world with the headline “Zhu Houren, Quan Yifeng did [Kym Ng] a disservice when helping her with her gown” on his Instagram Stories to make fun of himself.
“[I] only made things worse, [I’m] such a mountain tortoise,” he quipped.
Houren went on to defend himself in his next story.
Reposting the same article, he joked: “Upon closer look, [the gown] doesn’t look too bad with the sleeves up too. It’s pleasing to the eye.”